From the March 1, 2008 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Craig C. Bennett, 65, of Dubuque, formerly of Dodgeville, Wis., Beloit, Wis., and Davenport, Iowa, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, after fighting a long battle with chronic illness.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at St. John's Catholic Church, Spring Green, Wis., with the Rev. Mike Resop officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Spring Green. Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at the church. The Richardson-Stafford Funeral Home, Spring Green, is in charge of arrangements.
He was born on Nov. 30, 1942, in Seymour, Ind., son of Mertin Willard and Marie Caroline Bennett. He began and ended his schooling in the Milwaukee area. However, the majority of his schooling was in Dodgeville, where he attended St. Joseph's Catholic grade school and later graduated from Dodgeville High School. He moved on to Marquette University, where he graduated in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree in engineering and a minor in nuclear studies.
Craig felt a moral responsibility to his country and enlisted in the Navy. He was commissioned as a lieutenant, Jr. grade and attended the Navy's nuclear training centers in Philadelphia and Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was assigned to serve on a naval vessel doing scientific research and later stationed on a nuclear ship, the USS Princeton, serving in Vietnam. While assigned to the USS Princeton, he served several months on a gunboat in Vietnam inland waters. He was later assigned to serve in Hawaii during preparation for the landing of the first space ship to orbit the moon.
Craig entered civilian life in 1969 and was employed by Westinghouse Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was part of the Nuclear Primary Coolant program. After consideration of the distance between he and his family, he was drawn back to the Midwest where he worked briefly in Minneapolis before working for Fairbanks Morse Corporation, in Beloit. His responsibilities required much travel while troubleshooting engines on large vessels. Craig dearly loved ships, as well as fishing and boating, and was drawn to work for Caterpillar Corporation in Peoria, Ill., where he acquired a house on the Illinois River.
After a few years, he relocated to the area of the river he loved the most, the "Mighty Mississippi" and while the commute was long he would enjoy many hours gazing into it's waters. After suffering a stroke on opening day of deer season in 1999, he began to consider that a Southwesterly climate might help his condition. He moved to Green Valley, Ariz., in 2005, but by 2007, he was so dearly missing his river that he returned to enjoy its beauty once again.
Craig loved hunting deer and ducks and had fond memories of many of those trips with his friends. He was a member of the Isaac Walton Trap Shooting Club while in Beloit. He loved to fish and prepared for the "one that got away" by enjoying the scenery as the waters clearly were what he was after. He enjoyed his navigational charts of the Mississippi River and was a highly experienced captain of whatever vessel he sailed. He will be dearly missed by many who will confirm that "a more true friend, there never was"
Surviving are his father, Mertin and stepmother, Kathleen Bennett, of Shullsburg, Wis.; a sister, Susan Bennett (Harold Morgan), of Albuquerque, N.M.; a stepsister, Sheila Trotter, of Platteville, Wis.; an uncle, Ken McCarville, of Spring Green; cousins, John McCarville, Janis McCarville Straty, John Bennett, Bruce Bennett and Patsy Kiley; and close friends, Rodger and Sue Ludlum, of Mineral Point, Wis.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Marie; and grandparents, Charles Bennett and Lillian (Gouldemann) Bennett, of Black Earth, Wis. and Louis Schlosser and Hilda (Beck) Schlosser, of Spring Green.
Craig C. Bennett, 65, of Dubuque, formerly of Dodgeville, Wis., Beloit, Wis., and Davenport, Iowa, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, after fighting a long battle with chronic illness.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at St. John's Catholic Church, Spring Green, Wis., with the Rev. Mike Resop officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Spring Green. Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at the church. The Richardson-Stafford Funeral Home, Spring Green, is in charge of arrangements.
He was born on Nov. 30, 1942, in Seymour, Ind., son of Mertin Willard and Marie Caroline Bennett. He began and ended his schooling in the Milwaukee area. However, the majority of his schooling was in Dodgeville, where he attended St. Joseph's Catholic grade school and later graduated from Dodgeville High School. He moved on to Marquette University, where he graduated in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree in engineering and a minor in nuclear studies.
Craig felt a moral responsibility to his country and enlisted in the Navy. He was commissioned as a lieutenant, Jr. grade and attended the Navy's nuclear training centers in Philadelphia and Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was assigned to serve on a naval vessel doing scientific research and later stationed on a nuclear ship, the USS Princeton, serving in Vietnam. While assigned to the USS Princeton, he served several months on a gunboat in Vietnam inland waters. He was later assigned to serve in Hawaii during preparation for the landing of the first space ship to orbit the moon.
Craig entered civilian life in 1969 and was employed by Westinghouse Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was part of the Nuclear Primary Coolant program. After consideration of the distance between he and his family, he was drawn back to the Midwest where he worked briefly in Minneapolis before working for Fairbanks Morse Corporation, in Beloit. His responsibilities required much travel while troubleshooting engines on large vessels. Craig dearly loved ships, as well as fishing and boating, and was drawn to work for Caterpillar Corporation in Peoria, Ill., where he acquired a house on the Illinois River.
After a few years, he relocated to the area of the river he loved the most, the "Mighty Mississippi" and while the commute was long he would enjoy many hours gazing into it's waters. After suffering a stroke on opening day of deer season in 1999, he began to consider that a Southwesterly climate might help his condition. He moved to Green Valley, Ariz., in 2005, but by 2007, he was so dearly missing his river that he returned to enjoy its beauty once again.
Craig loved hunting deer and ducks and had fond memories of many of those trips with his friends. He was a member of the Isaac Walton Trap Shooting Club while in Beloit. He loved to fish and prepared for the "one that got away" by enjoying the scenery as the waters clearly were what he was after. He enjoyed his navigational charts of the Mississippi River and was a highly experienced captain of whatever vessel he sailed. He will be dearly missed by many who will confirm that "a more true friend, there never was"
Surviving are his father, Mertin and stepmother, Kathleen Bennett, of Shullsburg, Wis.; a sister, Susan Bennett (Harold Morgan), of Albuquerque, N.M.; a stepsister, Sheila Trotter, of Platteville, Wis.; an uncle, Ken McCarville, of Spring Green; cousins, John McCarville, Janis McCarville Straty, John Bennett, Bruce Bennett and Patsy Kiley; and close friends, Rodger and Sue Ludlum, of Mineral Point, Wis.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Marie; and grandparents, Charles Bennett and Lillian (Gouldemann) Bennett, of Black Earth, Wis. and Louis Schlosser and Hilda (Beck) Schlosser, of Spring Green.
From the March 1, 2008 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Craig C. Bennett, 65, of Dubuque, formerly of Dodgeville, Wis., Beloit, Wis., and Davenport, Iowa, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, after fighting a long battle with chronic illness.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at St. John's Catholic Church, Spring Green, Wis., with the Rev. Mike Resop officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Spring Green. Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at the church. The Richardson-Stafford Funeral Home, Spring Green, is in charge of arrangements.
He was born on Nov. 30, 1942, in Seymour, Ind., son of Mertin Willard and Marie Caroline Bennett. He began and ended his schooling in the Milwaukee area. However, the majority of his schooling was in Dodgeville, where he attended St. Joseph's Catholic grade school and later graduated from Dodgeville High School. He moved on to Marquette University, where he graduated in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree in engineering and a minor in nuclear studies.
Craig felt a moral responsibility to his country and enlisted in the Navy. He was commissioned as a lieutenant, Jr. grade and attended the Navy's nuclear training centers in Philadelphia and Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was assigned to serve on a naval vessel doing scientific research and later stationed on a nuclear ship, the USS Princeton, serving in Vietnam. While assigned to the USS Princeton, he served several months on a gunboat in Vietnam inland waters. He was later assigned to serve in Hawaii during preparation for the landing of the first space ship to orbit the moon.
Craig entered civilian life in 1969 and was employed by Westinghouse Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was part of the Nuclear Primary Coolant program. After consideration of the distance between he and his family, he was drawn back to the Midwest where he worked briefly in Minneapolis before working for Fairbanks Morse Corporation, in Beloit. His responsibilities required much travel while troubleshooting engines on large vessels. Craig dearly loved ships, as well as fishing and boating, and was drawn to work for Caterpillar Corporation in Peoria, Ill., where he acquired a house on the Illinois River.
After a few years, he relocated to the area of the river he loved the most, the "Mighty Mississippi" and while the commute was long he would enjoy many hours gazing into it's waters. After suffering a stroke on opening day of deer season in 1999, he began to consider that a Southwesterly climate might help his condition. He moved to Green Valley, Ariz., in 2005, but by 2007, he was so dearly missing his river that he returned to enjoy its beauty once again.
Craig loved hunting deer and ducks and had fond memories of many of those trips with his friends. He was a member of the Isaac Walton Trap Shooting Club while in Beloit. He loved to fish and prepared for the "one that got away" by enjoying the scenery as the waters clearly were what he was after. He enjoyed his navigational charts of the Mississippi River and was a highly experienced captain of whatever vessel he sailed. He will be dearly missed by many who will confirm that "a more true friend, there never was"
Surviving are his father, Mertin and stepmother, Kathleen Bennett, of Shullsburg, Wis.; a sister, Susan Bennett (Harold Morgan), of Albuquerque, N.M.; a stepsister, Sheila Trotter, of Platteville, Wis.; an uncle, Ken McCarville, of Spring Green; cousins, John McCarville, Janis McCarville Straty, John Bennett, Bruce Bennett and Patsy Kiley; and close friends, Rodger and Sue Ludlum, of Mineral Point, Wis.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Marie; and grandparents, Charles Bennett and Lillian (Gouldemann) Bennett, of Black Earth, Wis. and Louis Schlosser and Hilda (Beck) Schlosser, of Spring Green.
Craig C. Bennett, 65, of Dubuque, formerly of Dodgeville, Wis., Beloit, Wis., and Davenport, Iowa, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, after fighting a long battle with chronic illness.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at St. John's Catholic Church, Spring Green, Wis., with the Rev. Mike Resop officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Spring Green. Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at the church. The Richardson-Stafford Funeral Home, Spring Green, is in charge of arrangements.
He was born on Nov. 30, 1942, in Seymour, Ind., son of Mertin Willard and Marie Caroline Bennett. He began and ended his schooling in the Milwaukee area. However, the majority of his schooling was in Dodgeville, where he attended St. Joseph's Catholic grade school and later graduated from Dodgeville High School. He moved on to Marquette University, where he graduated in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree in engineering and a minor in nuclear studies.
Craig felt a moral responsibility to his country and enlisted in the Navy. He was commissioned as a lieutenant, Jr. grade and attended the Navy's nuclear training centers in Philadelphia and Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was assigned to serve on a naval vessel doing scientific research and later stationed on a nuclear ship, the USS Princeton, serving in Vietnam. While assigned to the USS Princeton, he served several months on a gunboat in Vietnam inland waters. He was later assigned to serve in Hawaii during preparation for the landing of the first space ship to orbit the moon.
Craig entered civilian life in 1969 and was employed by Westinghouse Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was part of the Nuclear Primary Coolant program. After consideration of the distance between he and his family, he was drawn back to the Midwest where he worked briefly in Minneapolis before working for Fairbanks Morse Corporation, in Beloit. His responsibilities required much travel while troubleshooting engines on large vessels. Craig dearly loved ships, as well as fishing and boating, and was drawn to work for Caterpillar Corporation in Peoria, Ill., where he acquired a house on the Illinois River.
After a few years, he relocated to the area of the river he loved the most, the "Mighty Mississippi" and while the commute was long he would enjoy many hours gazing into it's waters. After suffering a stroke on opening day of deer season in 1999, he began to consider that a Southwesterly climate might help his condition. He moved to Green Valley, Ariz., in 2005, but by 2007, he was so dearly missing his river that he returned to enjoy its beauty once again.
Craig loved hunting deer and ducks and had fond memories of many of those trips with his friends. He was a member of the Isaac Walton Trap Shooting Club while in Beloit. He loved to fish and prepared for the "one that got away" by enjoying the scenery as the waters clearly were what he was after. He enjoyed his navigational charts of the Mississippi River and was a highly experienced captain of whatever vessel he sailed. He will be dearly missed by many who will confirm that "a more true friend, there never was"
Surviving are his father, Mertin and stepmother, Kathleen Bennett, of Shullsburg, Wis.; a sister, Susan Bennett (Harold Morgan), of Albuquerque, N.M.; a stepsister, Sheila Trotter, of Platteville, Wis.; an uncle, Ken McCarville, of Spring Green; cousins, John McCarville, Janis McCarville Straty, John Bennett, Bruce Bennett and Patsy Kiley; and close friends, Rodger and Sue Ludlum, of Mineral Point, Wis.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Marie; and grandparents, Charles Bennett and Lillian (Gouldemann) Bennett, of Black Earth, Wis. and Louis Schlosser and Hilda (Beck) Schlosser, of Spring Green.
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